Gary Oldman Quotes
Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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If you're not in it you can't win it.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I'm not graceful.
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Movies don't have borders.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.
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It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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I think social media, it in a way forces companies to be more authentic or more transparent because it gives a voice to the consumer and a reach to the consumer that they didn't have before.
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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.
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I'm actually a big fan of having all the different types of voices on television. I think it gives people a nice little buffet that they can just pick and choose how they want to get their news and entertainment, I guess.
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I may as well say it, I have been married three times.
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War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.
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There are so many things I want to do, so many things I have to say.
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My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.
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One of the things that neoliberalism does is, it relies on flexible workforces who are hired and fired at will and who are basically disposable labor. You can use them. You can get rid of them. They have no rights; they have no security. Their lives and well-being are made and unmade at the whim of those who are exercising the calculus. So, instead of looking at the institution and objecting to that kind of organization, people just go, "I'm a failure;"; "I'm not working hard enough"; or, "I'm not as smart as the next person."
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You need only claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done, which may take some time, you are fierce with reality. When at last age has assembled you together, will it not be easy to let it all go, lived, balanced, over?
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Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
